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Question 3 • Language Arts 11

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

Answer

In 1783, the US Congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty, the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, British troops left New York City, and George Washington resigned as commander.

On April 19, 1783, the US Congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty and five months later, the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris and British troops left New York City in November.

On September 3, 1783, the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, and two months later, British troops left New York City.

On April 19, 1783, the US Congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty, and the Treaty of Paris followed about five months later.

Explanation

A run-on sentence joins independent clauses without suitable punctuation or a connecting word. Choice A strings together several complete thoughts with commas alone: Congress ratified a treaty, the US and Britain signed a treaty, troops left New York, and Washington resigned. The other choices connect their clauses with a conjunction such as “and” or use a comma and “and,” so they are not comma splices.

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